Tight Braid Group is a performance collective founded by Leslie Allison and Francis Weiss Rabkin. Tight Braid Group weaves together strands from diverse practices and experiences to tell complex stories and build tight community bonds. Collaborators include poets, playwrights, musicians, choreographers, visual artists, and others. Tight Braid Group is anchored in a research and rehearsal practice that prioritizes emotional and political engagement. Tight Braid Group currently is in residence at Dixon Place and will be presenting new work in September 2015.

Francis Weiss Rabkin is a writer of multidisciplinary theater that draws from poetry, dance, visual art, and academic contexts. Their plays and collaborations have been presented in Philadelphia, Chicago, and in New York at HERE Arts, Dixon Place, the Bushwick Starr, and the Prelude Festival. They are honored to have received residencies at the Wassaic Project, the Millay Colony, and the Drama League of New York. Weiss Rabkin was given an honorable mention on the 2015 Kilroys List. They are honored and very grateful to have been Artist-in-Residences at Dixon Place for Summer 2015.